The Chilkat Valley Historical Society
Welcome to the Chilkat Valley Historical Society (CVHS), a non-profit organization seeking to connect our community with the relevance of history.
To meet our mission, the CVHS collaborates on projects with other local organizations, and state and federal agencies, with complementary goals. Our aim is to focus on projects that combine historic knowledge within the context of contemporary issues and to generate effective decisions and solutions based on relevant history.
MISSION: The Chilkat Valley Historical Society connects both residents and visitors to the history of Alaska’s Lynn Canal Region.
VISION: History igniting imagination, stimulating thought and providing enjoyment by engaging people of all ages in the challenges of interpreting our past with a view towards our future.
CVHS Projects
Anway Homestead Restoration
Thanks to the generosity of George and Gladys Meacock, Bob Henderson and many other folks, the Chilkat Valley Historical Society fully owns Charles Anway’s cabin outbuildings and over an acre of Anway’s original homestead.
CVHS Sustainable Agriculture Subcommittee
In the spring of 2020 the Chilkat Valley Historical Society (CVHS) created a Sustainable Agriculture sub-committee. It’s a new pathway for the organization, aimed at shining a light on current food security questions and establishing greater locally control.
Chilkat Valley Orchard Project
The Chilkat Valley Orchard Project (Orchard Project) is funded by a two-year USDA specialty crop block grant administered through the Alaska State Division of Agriculture. Key project goals include increasing local food security, and the future economic contributions from tree-fruit cultivation. A central objective of the Orchard Project is providing no-cost, community-wide education and supporting property owners in developing new, well planned orchards.
Charles Anway Berry Trials Project
Charles Anway produced his first commercial Chilkat Valley crop of strawberries in 1908. He developed a hybrid berry that created a huge demand around Southeast Alaska and the Yukon Territory. Today many successful strawberry beds in Haines are claimed to be original Anway strawberries. In partnership with two local Haines growers, we are conducting both strawberry and blueberry cultivar trials.
History Relevance Campaign
